The Viking Press, 1981
First Edition, First impression A near fine SIGNED example with a near fine/fine condition original jacket. Signed and dated by Stephen King on the front fly leaf of “For Gary/All the best!/ Stephen King/ 3/10/88” All first edition points present including the requisite First Edition statement on the copyright page.
The book is in beautiful near fine condition with brown paper and black quarter cloth boards with a tiny faint line mark to the front. The boards have sharp corners, with but tiny one corner tip bump and no edgewear. Strong unfaded vibrant silver titles to the front and spine. The binding is tight and square. Signed and dated by Stephen King “For Gary/All the best!/ Stephen King/ 3/10/88”. The interior of the book is in crisp clean condition with bright pages with no handling marks, no stains, no foxing, no bent pages and no age toning to the pages. Beautiful condition book internally appearing as crisp and unread. Please see images.
The stunning original unrestored dust jacket is in beautiful fine condition. The dust jacket has strong vibrant colors with the red spine titles still maintaining their vibrant red tone with NONE of the more typical fading. The jacket has only a very tiny corner tip nick, otherwise the jacket is in stunning condition with vibrant colors, and no chips, no nicks, no tears, no edgewear, no stains, no fading and no foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $13.95. A handsome example of the dust jacket which is often more typically found with faded titles and heavily worn.
An exemplary copy in outstanding collectible condition, with a fresh, crisp interior. Would make a wonderful special gift for a Stephen King collector.
